Reservoir Surfaces as Sources of Greenhouse Gases to the Atmosphere: A Global Estimate
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- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 50 (9) , 766-775
- https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0766:rsasog]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Following flooding of landscapes to create any kind of reservoir, terrestrial plants die and no longer assimilate carbon dioxide (CO2) by photosynthesis (FigureKeywords
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